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| Author: | Anto [ Mon Sep 01, 2008 9:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Took a JCW S for a spin |
I was lucky enough to take an 08 John Cooper Works S for a spin yesterday. It was fun!  Shame it was pissing down with rain, but it did give me an excellent opportunity to test out the traction control. It works - you can actually put the power down and even go around corners! I was suitably impressed.
I think I will have to take it for another test drive to see how it handles the dry weather though.... just for comparisons sake. 
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| Author: | sssstew [ Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:34 pm ] |
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they are very capable cars and also not bad on fuel. i like them, shame they cost so much over here. |
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| Author: | Anto [ Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:59 pm ] |
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Compared to the standard Turbo Cooper S I wouldn't say I found the JCW astounding in any way, it simply did everything a bit better. It was quicker, handled better and braked better. But it does cost a fair bit ($48k + orc) and the standard Cooper S is a very competent car anyway (They both give me that same grin as I get when I drive my classic Mini - no other car can). The worst I saw the fuel economy go was 9.9L/100km, which is pretty good considering that is about the best I can get out of my daily driver. Holding a cruising speed it did a lot better - certainly enough to make you wonder why you would ever buy a Prius. |
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| Author: | peter1 [ Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:09 pm ] |
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Yeh I'm getting the old fashioned 45mpg out of the standard bini - around the 6l/100k mark. Happy with that. Seems to run better on 98 than 95 octane too. |
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| Author: | matt van'74 [ Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Took a JCW S for a spin |
Anto wrote: it did give me an excellent opportunity to test out the traction control. It works.....
Try turning it off, its all over the road like an unregistered dog
Im a big fan of the Bini's - I look forward to them coming into work. Not so much for the work to be done but more so the test drive. Matt |
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| Author: | Anto [ Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Took a JCW S for a spin |
matt van'74 wrote: Anto wrote: it did give me an excellent opportunity to test out the traction control. It works..... Try turning it off, its all over the road like an unregistered dog You're not wrong - whilst I revelled in the effectiveness of the traction control in the rain, I wouldn't be keen to drive it hard in the wet without it. My TX5 Turbo is a handful in the wet, and it is nowhere near as fast.
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